The Blue Mountain Eagle at 150 years is the oldest weekly newspaper in Oregon, although it operated under different names until 1898.
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The Blue Mountain Eagle at 150 years is the oldest weekly newspaper in Oregon, although it operated under different names until 1898.
Today’s students have it pretty easy.
If you close your eyes, you can almost see a calf being roped at about the 40-yard line.
The following letter, reprinted from the June 28, 1956, edition of the Eagle is said to have been written in 1863 by Bradford C. Trowbridge, father of Charles Trowbridge of John Day, to his fa…
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One way World War I entered into the lives of Grant County residents in 1918 was through the draft.
When World War I broke out on July 28, 1914, it was called the Great War. Later it was called the “war to end all wars.” More than 70 million military personnel were mobilized in the global conflict.
“Stockmen are all opposed to the late grazing order,” a front-page headline in the Feb. 8, 1918, Blue Mountain Eagle announced as a long-simmering dispute over grazing on public lands in Grant…
Troop movements during World War I are blamed for making the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic the deadliest natural disaster in human history. Some scientists have traced the origin of the dise…
Federal income taxes were 5 years old when an agent from the Internal Revenue Service traveled to Grant County to explain the system to locals.
Demand for chrome for military purposes spurred the development of deposits in Grant County after the United States entered World War I in 1917.
Make them simpler. That’s the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s aim for big game regulations for the 2019 hunting season.
Peace and quiet.
From the forest to high desert canyons, driving a peaceful loop from John Day through Izee and along the South Fork John Day River provides an array of different scenery.
Monument Rock Wilderness is the lesser known, little brother of the popular Strawberry Mountain Wilderness. The peaks are lower and less spectacular, but Monument Rock can claim quiet and solitude.
Visitors to Eastern Oregon interested in fresh fruit or even picking their own will find Thomas Orchards in Kimberly the perfect destination.
Outdoor adventure seekers will find recreation at its best at the Morrow-Grant County OHV Park.
Bull Prairie Lake Campground is a forested, outdoor getaway in northwest Grant County.
The Thomas Condon Paleontology Center is a state-of-the-art museum featuring displays of 500 fossil specimens that were found in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.
A hunter education class begins July 17 in John Day.
The sun is shining, flowers are blooming and the bees are buzzing.
The key to dealing with nuisance insect pests is to block their access and remove their food source. In general, that means cleaning up around the home and sealing cracks and holes in the exte…
Improving the energy efficiency of a home can save residents thousands of dollars in the long run, but while some steps are simple and don’t even require tools, other steps may require the ass…
Animals have been employed in agriculture for many years — but not on a golf course.
It’s been more than a decade since the big cattle drives came through downtown John Day. Ranchers with divided property, such as the Holliday family, brought their cattle north from pasture la…
Each American farmer feeds more than 144 people — a dramatic increase from 25 people in the 1960s. Quite simply, American agriculture is doing more — and doing it better. As the world populati…
All who submitted applications for the Morrow/Grant County OHV Park Special Youth Spike Only 2nd Season Elk Hunt were successful this year.
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Helen Elizabeth Ricco was born in Metzenseifen, Czechoslovakia, on Sept. 25, 1918.
On the night of Jan. 17, a Mt. Vernon boy, 12-yearl-old Ronnie Hyder became the first Grant County youth ever to receive a national Boy Scout award for heroism.
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Lifelong Long Creek resident Reiba Carter Smith recalls a childhood of “freedom” and “innocence” in a community she has called “home” her entire life.
The gate at the stately Fort Townsend sign on West Main Street in Long Creek will one day lead to a museum for the local community.
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Loggers working for the Edward Hines Lumber Company lived in comfort at the Bear Valley Lodge.
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Few girls can say they grew up in a rooming house for loggers.
These old-time recipes, and many more, can be found in the Grant County Genealogical Society’s compilation called “Through the Spokes of Time: A Collection of Recipes,” along with bits of Gran…
When Wilma Boyer started working at the Blue Mountain Hospital in Prairie City in 1959, the facility had about 15 patient beds and a three-bed nursing home ward.
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Five-year-old Emma Nelson went missing on July 4, 1896, for five days at Cress Hollows, west of Susanville. She was found by John Pierson at Hawkins Flat.
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Not all who wander are lost.
The Strawberry Mountain Wilderness, just south of Prairie City, is a popular destination for local outdoor enthusiasts.
While visiting the state-of-the-art Thomas Condon Paleontology Center in the Sheep Rock Unit of the John Day Fossil Beds, be sure to take in one of the surrounding hikes.
Hiking is a great way to get out and about to see the natural beauty of Grant County.
If you are looking for a health spa with herbal wraps, cucumber water and Yerba mate lattes, then Ritter Hot Springs is not for you.
The Strawberry Mountain Wilderness, just south of Prairie City, is a popular destination for local outdoor enthusiasts.
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